by DonPevsner
(1)Alan Gerry, who became one of the largest stockholders in Time-Warner when he sold his Sullivan County cable company to it in 1996 (for $2.3 billion, of which he netted $900 million),is based in Liberty, Sullivan County. He went from an ex-Marine, high-school dropout to an individual who was #301 on FORBES' list of the 400 Richest Americans in 2008. He donates to environmental, educational and medical causes, and now heads his own hedge fund (Granite). He bought Max Yasgur's Bethel, NY farm (of "WOODSTOCK" fame), and built the Bethel Woods Art Center on it several years ago. While it is far too late to resurrect the NYO&W, he could pay for the total U&D restoration from his pocket-change if an effective presentation convinced him to do so.
(2)Sue Erpf de Bovencamp is the widow of the late Wall Street tycoon Armand G. Erpf. She is active in Catskills affairs.
(3)The A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation, of Delhi, NY, funded the purchase of the ROW from Highmount to Bloomville in 1978, and has also funded the restoration of the DURR between Highmount and Roxbury. Donald Bishop II is the key player. As there will be no mutually-beneficial passenger rail tourism synergy between the DURR and CMRR until the line is passable between Kingston and Highmount, perhaps the Foundation would consider a larger investment east of Arkville, as well as coordinating an approach to other regional foundations that have the funds to get the job done.
(4)The Pitcairn family of Pittsburgh has lived in Shokan for many decades. The family founded Pittsburgh Plate Glass.
(5)The 19th century railroad tycoon, Jay Gould, was born and raised in Roxbury, NY, and is buried there in the family mausoleum. He left an $80 million estate (Cornelius Vanderbilt's estate was $100 million) in the latter part of the 19th century, when estate taxes did not yet exist: equal to about $8 billion today. His descendants are real-estate tycoons in Washington, DC today. There is a natural "fit" between the Gould family and the U&D. They could probably assist with approaches to foundations as well. Check-out "KIngdon Gould", starting with the local phone book and ending on the Internet.
Government alone does NOT have to foot the bill.
(2)Sue Erpf de Bovencamp is the widow of the late Wall Street tycoon Armand G. Erpf. She is active in Catskills affairs.
(3)The A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation, of Delhi, NY, funded the purchase of the ROW from Highmount to Bloomville in 1978, and has also funded the restoration of the DURR between Highmount and Roxbury. Donald Bishop II is the key player. As there will be no mutually-beneficial passenger rail tourism synergy between the DURR and CMRR until the line is passable between Kingston and Highmount, perhaps the Foundation would consider a larger investment east of Arkville, as well as coordinating an approach to other regional foundations that have the funds to get the job done.
(4)The Pitcairn family of Pittsburgh has lived in Shokan for many decades. The family founded Pittsburgh Plate Glass.
(5)The 19th century railroad tycoon, Jay Gould, was born and raised in Roxbury, NY, and is buried there in the family mausoleum. He left an $80 million estate (Cornelius Vanderbilt's estate was $100 million) in the latter part of the 19th century, when estate taxes did not yet exist: equal to about $8 billion today. His descendants are real-estate tycoons in Washington, DC today. There is a natural "fit" between the Gould family and the U&D. They could probably assist with approaches to foundations as well. Check-out "KIngdon Gould", starting with the local phone book and ending on the Internet.
Government alone does NOT have to foot the bill.
